Current Lab Members

Title: Ph.D. graduate trainee
Hometown: Decatur, GA
University: Mercer University; Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Research Interests: Regenerative medicine, transplantation immunology
Hobbies: Being outside, building

Title: Ph.D. graduate trainee
Hometown: Cherry Valley, CA
University: University of La Verne, CA
Research Interests: Immunometabolism
Hobbies: Reading, cross stitching, crochet and mixology

Title: Research Assistant (Lab Manager)
Hometown: Kellogg, IA
University: Iowa State University
Research Interests: Immunology
Hobbies: Arts and crafts, plants, podcasts and Dungeons & Dragons

Title: Laboratory technician
Hometowns: Colby and Norton, Kansas
University: Kansas State University
Research Interests: Type 1 Diabetes
Hobbies: Dancing, singing, drawing and reading

Title: Ph.D. graduate trainee
Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
University: College of Saint Mary, University of Nebraska-Omaha
Research Interests: Innate immunology
Hobbies: Reading and being outside

Title: Research Active Learner
Hometown: Noida, Uttar Pradesh (India)
University: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Research Interests: Molecular/Cellular Biology and neuroscience
Hobbies: Reading, watching Bollywood movies and singing

Title: Student researcher
Hometown: Shawnee, Kansas
University: Kansas State University
Research Interests: Infectious disease and immunology
Hobbies: Sculpting, reading, music composition and bassoon performance

Title: Senior research associate
Hometown: Stillman Valley, IL
University: Missouri State University
Research Interests: Islet resident macrophage and T1D pathogenesis
Hobbies: Australian rules football, hiking

Title: Postdoctoral fellow
Hometown: Balwadi, Maharashtra (India)
University: University of Tokyo, Japan
Research Interests: Omics data analysis and molecular biology
Hobbies: Chess, cricket and hiking

Title: Research Technician/Assistant
Hometown: Socorro, NM; Irvine, CA; Lawrence, KS
University: University of Kansas
Research Interests: Neuroscience, medicine
Hobbies: Reading, origami and puzzles
Alumni
- Lindsey E. Padgett, Ph.D.
- Ashley R. Burg, Ph.D.
- Jessie M. Barra, Ph.D.
- Maria del-Carmen Seleme, Ph.D.
- Shaonli Das, Ph.D.
- Ruth McDowell, Ph.D.
- Samuel Blum, Ph.D.
- Jared Taylor, Ph.D.
- Joseph Feduska, Ph.D.
- Dana Pham-Hua
- Jonathan Feng
- Zachary Koenig